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Inquiry question: How do genetic techniques affect Earth’s biodiversity?
Powerpoint that we will be referring to in Module 6 IQ2 is given below:
Module 6 - IQ2.pptxStudents:
● investigate the uses and applications of biotechnology (past, present and future), including: (ACSBL087)
- analysing the social implications and ethical uses of biotechnology, including plant and animal examples
This dot point is asking you to, not only know the different types of biotechnology (including animal and plant examples), but to analyse the social implications and ethical uses of this type of technology.
The main points you will need to learn are:
Definition of biotechology
The uses and applications of biotechnology in the past
The uses and applications of biotechnology at present
The possible uses and applications of biotechnology in the future
What are the social implications of using biotechnology?
What are the ethical considerations of using biotechnology?
Animal and plant examples of biotechnology
ACTIVITIES:
Read through the Module 6 powerpoint on 'Module 6 - IQ2' attached above this textbox. This dot point is addressed in the Module 6 IQ2 PPT (slides 1-53).
Watch the videos that have been attached to this section of this Google site.
Read and complete the question on pages 316-326 of the Year 12 Pearson Biology textbook.
Complete pages 24-40 of the Module 6 'Genetic Change Booklet'.
Students:
● investigate the uses and applications of biotechnology (past, present and future), including: (ACSBL087)
- researching future directions of the use of biotechnology
This dot point is investigating:
how we will use biotechnology in the future
what will be the future effects of the current use of biotechnology
We need to closely investigate examples of biotechnology.
Listed are some of the biotechnologies:
PCR
CRISPR
Cloning
Artificial Insemination
Artificial Pollination
Vector engineering
As part of the HSC course, we are expected to learn a summary of these techniques and then link them to their impacts on our Earth in the future.
ACTIVITIES:
Read through the Module 6 powerpoint on 'Module 6 - IQ2' attached above this textbox. This dot point is addressed in the Module 6 IQ2 PPT (slides 54-56).
Watch the videos that have been attached to this section of this Google site.
Read and complete the question on pages 327-330 of the Year 12 Pearson Biology textbook.
Complete pages 24-40 of the Module 6 'Genetic Change Booklet'.
Students:
● investigate the uses and applications of biotechnology (past, present and future), including: (ACSBL087)
- evaluating the potential benefits for society of research using genetic technologies
This dot point addresses the EVALUATE verb.
EVALUATE requires that you make a judgement against a set of criteria.
What are the criteria that allow for a genetic technology to be considered a 'potential benefit' for society?
Make a list of the criteria...
Then use this criteria to determine if research using genetic technologies actually does present potential benefits to society.
ACTIVITIES:
Read through the Module 6 powerpoint on 'Module 6 - IQ2' attached above this textbox. This dot point is addressed in the Module 6 IQ2 PPT (slides 57-58).
Watch the videos that have been attached to this section of this Google site.
Read and complete the question on pages 327-331 of the Year 12 Pearson Biology textbook.
Complete pages 24-40 of the Module 6 'Genetic Change Booklet'.
This video discusses the effects on Earth's biodiversity in general terms, however, parallels may be drawn to the effects on biodiversity due to biotechnology.
Students:
● investigate the uses and applications of biotechnology (past, present and future), including: (ACSBL087)
- evaluating the changes to the Earth’s biodiversity due to genetic techniques
This dot point, once again, addresses the EVALUATE verb.
EVALUATE requires that you make a judgement against a set of criteria.
What are the criteria that determine that there have been changes to Earth's biodiversity? How do we know that there have been changes to Earth's biodiversity?
Make a list of the criteria...
Then use this criteria to determine if there have been changes to Earth's biodiversity due to genetic techniques and make a clear judgement in your written response.
ACTIVITIES:
Read through the Module 6 powerpoint on 'Module 6 - IQ2' attached above this textbox. This dot point is addressed in the Module 6 IQ2 PPT (slides 59-60).
Watch the videos that have been attached to this section of this Google site.
Read and complete the question on pages 332-338 of the Year 12 Pearson Biology textbook.
Complete pages 24-40 of the Module 6 'Genetic Change Booklet'.
Some great articles covering a range of topics in biotechnology:
https://sciencing.com/advantages-disadvantages-biological-control-8088070.html
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